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Tesco Personal Finance Limited

Registered as TESCO PERSONAL FINANCE LIMITED. Company number SC173199. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 August 2026, filed 28 September 2026.

27days on average to pay

  • Within 30 days
  • 31 to 60 days
  • Over 60 days

In the reporting period from 1 March 2026 to 31 August 2026, Tesco Personal Finance Limited reported that it took an average of 27 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 52% of invoices within 30 days, 47% in 31 to 60 days and 1% after more than 60 days. It said 4% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 61% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 31 August 2025, the average was 24 days, so it is 3 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 23 Feb 2021 22 Aug 2021 22 Feb 2022 22 Aug 2022 23 Feb 2023 24 Aug 2023 23 Feb 2024 24 Aug 2024 20 Feb 2025 24 Aug 2025 24 Feb 2026 27 Aug 2026

Bars are labelled with the month the period ended. The dashed line marks 30 days.

Every report filed

PeriodFiledAverage daysWithin 30 days31 to 60Over 60Not within termsSource
Mar to Aug 2026 28 Sep 2026 27 52%47%1%4% Report
Sep 2025 to Feb 2026 30 Mar 2026 24 60%40%0%5% Report
Mar to Aug 2025 22 Sep 2025 24 64%33%3%13% Report
Sep 2024 to Feb 2025 21 Mar 2025 20 74%25%1%11% Report
Mar to Aug 2024 23 Sep 2024 24 53%47%0%6% Report
Sep 2023 to Feb 2024 25 Mar 2024 23 59%40%1%9% Report
Mar to Aug 2023 25 Sep 2023 24 55%43%2%11% Report
Sep 2022 to Feb 2023 24 Mar 2023 23 79%20%1%12% Report
Mar to Aug 2022 23 Sep 2022 22 81%18%1%7% Report
Sep 2021 to Feb 2022 25 Mar 2022 22 84%16%0%3% Report
Mar to Aug 2021 27 Sep 2021 22 84%16%0%3% Report
Sep 2020 to Feb 2021 30 Mar 2021 23 77%22%1%3% Report
Mar to Aug 2020 28 Sep 2020 23 78%21%1%6% Report
Sep 2019 to Feb 2020 26 Mar 2020 23 78%21%1%7% Report
Mar to Aug 2019 27 Sep 2019 28 78%21%1%5% Report
Sep 2018 to Feb 2019 26 Mar 2019 23 80%18%2%6% Report
Mar to Aug 2018 26 Sep 2018 23 82%16%2%10% Report

Source: the company's filings on Check payment practices. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are as filed. We do not change them.